Tyndrum Lower railway station
Tyndrum Lower 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Taigh an Droma Iarach | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Tyndrum |
| Local authority | Stirling |
| Coordinates | 56°26′01″N 4°42′49″W / 56.4336°N 4.7135°WCoordinates: 56°26′01″N 4°42′49″W / 56.4336°N 4.7135°W |
| Grid reference | NN327301 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TYL |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3,698 |
| 2012/13 |
 3,928 |
| 2013/14 |
4,082 |
| 2014/15 |
5,334 |
| 2015/16 |
5,488 |
| History | |
| Original company | Callander and Oban Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 1 August 1873 | Original terminus opened as Tyndrum |
| 1 May 1877 | Original terminus closed |
| 1 May 1877 | Through station opened as Tyndrum |
| 28 February 1956 | Renamed as Tyndrum Lower |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tyndrum Lower from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Tyndrum Lower railway station is one of two railway stations serving the small village of Tyndrum in Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway. Most trains currently serving Fort William and Oban split or join at Crianlarich, with the result that separate trains both heading in the same direction generally call at Tyndrum's two stations at about the same time. Services are operated by Abellio ScotRail.
This station opened on 1 August 1873 as a terminal station. This was the first railway station in the village of Tyndrum. Until 1877, it was the western extremity of the Callander and Oban Railway.
In 1877, the Callander and Oban Railway was extended from Tyndrum to Dalmally. Concurrently, the station was relocated 301 yards (275 m) west, onto the new through alignment. The new station was on a higher level, as the line had to climb steeply to reach the summit about 0.6 miles (1 km) to the west. The old terminus then became the goods yard. The through station was originally laid out with two platforms, one on either side of a passing loop.
In 1894, the West Highland Railway opened a second station in Tyndrum, north of the village. In 1953, the suffixes "Upper" and "Lower" were added to the station names. Services to Callander & Dunblane over the old C&O route via Strathyre ceased on 27 September 1965 - they had been scheduled for withdrawal as a result of the Beeching Axe from 1 November that year, but ended five weeks prior to that date following a landslide in Glen Ogle that blocked the trackbed. All services henceforth used the 1897 connection to the WHR at Crianlarich Upper to reach Glasgow.
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